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_.j I ,Lions force 25 turnover~<; __,. By A. Stacy Long The Meridian Star

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wns worse, shooting nt, n •,10 ji•'!'COnl clip, but the! ~,io11B n.l!iofiiUJ;laec tt p iJH ball only 14 tmu~s Without n Rh!ll "I thought, o11 doliJ11sO we did 11 bet.· tcr job than we h:1v~ dllllU," Liou c·oath Tommy l~dwurd s sai cl . "J\ lot of' lhtl huckt'ls lhoy hit. Wf:n : dun to thc:ir pt!n· etratlon." Edwur·dR cnllt! d u time oul with 16:30 left in the first half, his team trailing 9-7. Five minutes and five turnovers later, the Lions led 19·9 before ECCC's Vineont. Sptmcer scored off an inhcnmds piny. The Wurdors cut it t.o 21-18 before unotiHn· tur·nover stri ng. EMCC couldn't take ndvnntagc of East Central's four· l urnovcrH in three min utcs. " I thoughl the game was played at tlw1r tNnpo," ~Jdwards said. "I thought

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SCOOBA - IGcked or thrown out ~ of bounds. Traveling. Charging. Bad w passes. Five-second violations. Moving w :3' screens. East Central seemed to look for d•f· fercnt ways t o turn the ball over Monday night agains t Eas t Mississippi. The Lions forced the Warriors into 25 turnovers in EMCC's 85-71 win "'!'hat's about whnt w<•'vC' nvt•rugc~cl ," ECCC' cont· h Mal't.y ('uo/,"' 11-11id. "Evc•ry gaJnc: wc)\ •o t ll llll!c uvc:r lhn hull l.uo IIIIH~ll , 'I'Ju: I hn:o J;lliiWM WI! W{lll we~ ~ taut flt •tJ tluows wdl nnd s hut f'n1111 Ihn flt' ld wl!ll/' 'l'htJ Wo~cc•ol'tl (a 2) mnclt· on ly 4() poro1••tol' llu 11 .hut 1 Munduy 1\IJ~ht in 1\•wott Cu t'''' C'oll st•um. gMcc <2- 1)

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"We had 27 turnovers by our count," Lady Warrior coach Sammy Pace said. "I thought this year, one of the points of emphasis for the offi– cials was going to be band– checking. They were body– checking us. I guess that's not where the emphasis is." All four teams play in the East Mississippi Classic tour– nament Wednesday and Thursday in Scooba.

with 17 points, while LaToya Weaver had 12. Shunda Croft added 10. "I have to give credit to the kids for getting a chance to get back in the game," Peay said. "We cut it to seven, but missed some fr ee throws and some easy shots." · Melody Reed led ECCC (5-0) with 24 points. J .J. Moorehead had 15 whil e Jennifer Alexander scored 10.

Continued from page 1 B "We got down, I think, a s much as 30 in the first half," EMCC coach Dale Peay said. "We were doing things about as poorly as they could be done." East Mississippi hit only 5 of 20 free throws in the game. Gwen Smith led the Lions

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